XP PRO PROBLEMS

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Barry

I do not get the bacup wizard when trying to back up my system. There are
also a lot of things that do not seem tot work.

Thanks
 
Barry said:
I do not get the bacup wizard when trying to back up my system. There are
also a lot of things that do not seem tot work.

Thanks
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What happens when you try? What specific error messages do you get?
What specific troubleshooting steps have you already taken, and what
were the results of each? In what specific file format are the
documents saved? What specific email client software are you using?

I'm afraid that no one can help if you don't provide at least a
modicum of pertinent information.

Help us help you:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/555375



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When I try to backup my system I click on RUN then ALL
PROGRAMS-ACCESSORIES-SYSTEM TOOLS-BACKUP then nothing happens noWizard comes
up. When trying to shut down the computer I get an ERROR Message that says
sometihing like ntbackup is running. Then I need to end that before I can
shut down. The ntbackup might not be quite right.

Sorry to be so vage I am new at this.
 
Barry

Are there any other Warning or Error reports in the System or
Application logs in Event Viewer during the last 48 hours?

You can access Event Viewer by selecting Start, Control Panel,
Administrative Tools, and Event Viewer. When researching the meaning
of the error, information regarding Event ID, Source and Description
are important.

A tip for posting copies of Error Reports! Run Event Viewer and double
click on the error you want to copy. In the window, which appears is a
button resembling two pages. Click the button and close Event
Viewer.Now start your message (email) and do a paste into the body of
the message. Make sure this is the first paste after exiting from
Event Viewer.

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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
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I looked at EVENT VIEWER. Under system I did not see anything that looked
like BACK UP. Under System there were a lot the following: ERROR (date and
time) DCOM None 10010or10005 Owner OwnerA4 I have no idea what all that means
Under Application there does not seem to be much.
Thanks
 
Barry

All errors need to be eliminated. If they are not resolved it can be
difficult to see what is really going on.

I cannot help without complete copies of Warning and Error reports.

A tip for posting copies of Error Reports! Run Event Viewer and double
click on the error you want to copy. In the window, which appears is a
button resembling two pages. Click the button and close Event
Viewer.Now start your message (email) and do a paste into the body of
the message. Make sure this is the first paste after exiting from
Event Viewer.

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Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
Barry said:
I can not get Paste to work in this reply window.
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Then quit using the web based interface for the newsgroups and use a
real newsreader. There are several free newsreader programs to choose
from, Outlook Express which comes with WinXP does newsgroups. Other
choices include (but are not limited to) Thunderbird, Windows Live Mail,
SeaMonkey, and Forte Agent.

If you need help setting up OE for newsgroups, look here:

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/ie6/using/oe/default.mspx
 
Thanks Roy I have tryed to set up OUTLOOK Express. I have set up my e-mail,
but when it comes to the News Server Address, along with user name and
password no one seems to know what that is. My ISP Huhesnet is clueless. That
is under News Groups.
Any ideas?
 
Barry said:
Thanks Roy I have tryed to set up OUTLOOK Express. I have set up my
e-mail,
but when it comes to the News Server Address, along with user name and
password no one seems to know what that is. My ISP Huhesnet is clueless.
That
is under News Groups.
Any ideas?
...
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If Huhesnet is "clueless", that seems to imply that they don't supply
access to newsgroups. So you need access to a news feed. I use
Giganews (giganews.com). I went to them when my ISP at the time
decided not to carry news any more. It's not free, but their lower levels
(I use Bronze) are reasonably priced. Whoever you decide to buy access
from will supply you with a user name and password as well as the
address to use (in my case, news.giganews.com).
 
Anthony

You do not need Giganews to gain access to the Microsoft Public
Newsgroups! You will get a better service not accessing through
Giganews.

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Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
Barry said:
Thanks Roy I have tryed to set up OUTLOOK Express. I have set up my
e-mail,
but when it comes to the News Server Address, along with user name and
password no one seems to know what that is. My ISP Huhesnet is clueless.
That
is under News Groups.
Any ideas?
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If all you want is the Microsoft newsgroups then use the Microsoft nntp
server at msnews.microsoft.com. You don't need a username or password to
use that server. For the rest of the newsgroups you could go to
www.motzarella.org and sign up for a free account there. The only drawback
to Motzarella is that it doesn't carry any of the binary newsgroups.
 
Thanks Roy I have tryed to set up OUTLOOK Express. I have set up my e-mail,
but when it comes to the News Server Address, along with user name and
password no one seems to know what that is. My ISP Huhesnet is clueless. That
is under News Groups.
Any ideas?
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For this newsgroup? Use the server msnews.microsoft.com
 
If all you want is the Microsoft newsgroups then use the Microsoft nntp
server at msnews.microsoft.com. You don't need a username or password to
use that server. For the rest of the newsgroups you could go to
www.motzarella.org and sign up for a free account there. The only drawback
to Motzarella is that it doesn't carry any of the binary newsgroups.
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Motzarella.org will exist for only a few more days. It will become
Eternal-September.org on July 1, and anyone who wants to use it should
now use Eternal-September.org instead.

See http://www.orcomondo.org/node/49847
 
Ken Blake said:
Motzarella.org will exist for only a few more days. It will become
Eternal-September.org on July 1, and anyone who wants to use it should
now use Eternal-September.org instead.

See http://www.orcomondo.org/node/49847
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I knew that the change was going to take place. Just thought that it only
applied to the news server address and not the web address as well.
 
Thanks everyone. I have been out of town, and now need to go over all the
information that you all have given me. Then perhaps we can get back to
fixing my computer.

Barry
 
 When I try to backup my system I click on RUN then ALL
PROGRAMS-ACCESSORIES-SYSTEM TOOLS-BACKUP then nothing happens noWizard comes
up. When trying to shut down the computer I get an ERROR Message that says
sometihing like ntbackup is running. Then I need to end that before I can
shut down. The ntbackup might not be quite right.

 Sorry to be so vage I am new at this.
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When you click that option, the program ntbackup.exe is supposed to
run.

Sounds like it might be since when you try to shutdown you get a
message that says it is running.

Minimize all your open windows or close everything so you can see the
desktop.

Click Start, Run and type ntbackup.exe in the box and press enter or
click OK.

It may take a few seconds for the backup wizard to launch. Describe
the results as best you can.

If nothing good happens, click Start, Run and type cmd in the box and
press enter or click OK to open a command window. Type ntbackup.exe
and press enter.

You should see a quick message about loading backup devices and then
the wizard should open.

Describe the results as best you can.

Type exit to get out of the command window.


There is no problem getting event viewer message using a web browser:

Only paste events relevant to the problem going by the time stamp or
the Source.

Double click to open the event. There is an up arrow and a down arrow
to move to the next event. The third button below the arrows will
silently copy the event to the Windows clipboard. Then you can paste
it here just like I did using a browser (Firefox):


Event Type: Information
Event Source: Service Control Manager
Event Category: None
Event ID: 7036
Date: 6/30/2009
Time: 9:00:47 AM
User: N/A
Computer: YOUR NAME HERE-UFGC7XM
Description:
The Removable Storage service entered the stopped state.

For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.


You will probably never be able to get rid of all errors in the event
viewer - especially at system startup since things start at different
times. You do want to figure out errors that happen once you get
going, happen regularly or when try to run programs that fail.

There is nothing in the Event Viewer if ntbackup.exe merely starts and
you do nothing after that.
 
I am now on Outlook Express Some one wanted to see the error message from
Viewer. I will post tomorrow.
 
To access this newsgroup in Outlook Express, first, in Internet Explorer:
click Tools, click Internet Options, click Programs, in the Newsgroups box,
make sure Outlook Express is selected, click OK.
Click this Link:
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics

FWIW. --Richard
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